How To Fix AO368 - Responsible cost ctr is required field - profit ctr/bus.area not enough

AO368 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AO - Appropriation requests - Master data / Customizing

• Message number: 368

• Message text: Responsible cost ctr is required field - profit ctr/bus.area not enough

What causes this issue?

The cost center is a required field according to the field selection of
the appropriation request.
You maintained profit center &V1& and business area &V2& only.

System Response

When the cost center is a required field, you are not allowed to enter
just the profit center / business area, since the entries for profit
center and business area are not allowed to differ from those in the
cost center.

How to fix this error?

Entering profit center &V1& and/or business area &V2& is not
sufficient, since it is not possible to maintain a cost center based on
these entries.
Do one of the following:
Enter the cost center only.
The profit center and the business area are automatically adopted from
the cost center.
If the profit center or business area are required fields, then you can
only choose cost centers in which this data has been entered.
Change the control for the requesting cost center field so that it is
not a required field.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message AO368 - Responsible cost ctr is required field - profit ctr/bus.area not enough ?

  The SAP error message AO368 ("Responsible cost center is a required field - profit center/business area not enough") typically occurs in the context of asset accounting or when dealing with internal orders, projects, or cost centers. This error indicates that the system requires a responsible cost center to be specified, but the provided profit center or business area is insufficient for the transaction being processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Cost Center: The transaction you are trying to execute requires a responsible cost center, but it has not been provided.
  
  Configuration Issues: The system may be configured in such a way that it mandates a cost center for certain transactions, and the profit center or business area alone does not fulfill this requirement.
  Data Entry Error: There may be a mistake in the data entry where the cost center field is left blank or incorrectly filled.
  Integration Issues: If the transaction involves multiple modules (e.g., Asset Accounting and